Note 11 — LETTERS TO MADAME DE GRIGNAN[11] FROM 1671 TO 1690.

Margaret de Sévigné, only daughter of Madame de Sévigné, was born in 1649, a short time before her father was killed. The education and happiness of this “lovely and infinitely dear child,” was the occupation, delight, and anxiety of the mother’s long life. For her, Madame de Sévigné thought, read, observed, and wrote. The following letters are not only charming as specimens of epistolary style, but also full of interest and instruction to those who would study the human mind in its most sacred development of maternal love.